#BD8342#BD8342

#BD8342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.108 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD8342
RGB	rgb(189, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 15.82, 43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 46.09, 69.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0424 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.108 67)
XYZ	xyz(30.0879, 27.4473, 8.8664)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD8342 #427CBD

analogous

#BD4542 #BD8342 #BABD42

triadic

#BD8342 #42BD83 #8342BD

tetradic

#BD8342 #42BD45 #427CBD #BD42BA

square

#BD8342 #42BD45 #427CBD #BD42BA

split-complementary

#BD8342 #42BABD #4542BD

monochromatic

#624422 #906432 #BD8342 #CDA16F #DDBF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BD8342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BD8342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD8342

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD8342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD8342	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96873B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD7574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd8342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.108 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5a779',
    500: '#bd8342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd8342;
$custom-light: #d5a779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd8342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.707,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65572,
    "c": 0.10833,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.27445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD8342

secondary

#92ACC9

accent

#90D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD8342

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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